diff --git a/lib/libzfs/libzfs_util.c b/lib/libzfs/libzfs_util.c
index 00759548fb..26b3152358 100644
--- a/lib/libzfs/libzfs_util.c
+++ b/lib/libzfs/libzfs_util.c
@@ -693,7 +693,7 @@ int
 zcmd_alloc_dst_nvlist(libzfs_handle_t *hdl, zfs_cmd_t *zc, size_t len)
 {
 	if (len == 0)
-		len = 128*1024;
+		len = 2048;
 	zc->zc_nvlist_dst_size = len;
 	if ((zc->zc_nvlist_dst = (uint64_t)(uintptr_t)
 	    zfs_alloc(hdl, zc->zc_nvlist_dst_size)) == 0)